Payment Operations Accountant

Payment Operations Accountant

Requirements

• Must be proficient with MS office, including Excel (i.e. v-lookup, pivots, data formatting)
• Experience using YARDI a plus
• Strong written and verbal communication skills required
• Must demonstrate ability to provide exceptional customer service
• Must demonstrate ability to successfully work on a team
• Must have superior interpersonal skills; ability to get along with diverse personalities; tactful; mature, flexible
• Must be resourceful and well organized.

Responsibilities

• Input/Upload contract statement of values into Yardi Construction or other project platforms
• Validate budgets, lien waivers and project roll forwards for contractor billing
• Communicates daily with vendors and CSG Team
• Demonstrate timely and effective billing review across multiple projects/scopes.
• Manage project trackers to assist Bell construction team with unit tracking/order compliance.
• Ability to work across and coordinate with various teams (Construction, Procurement, Operations) on project set-up, billing, tracking.
• Perform contract and project closeout process to completion.
• Respond to management or departmental inquiries including follow-ups.
• Administer setup and maintenance of SharePoint Payment Platform or other project platforms.
• Review all invoices for appropriate documentation and approval prior to payment
• Invoice includes contract # / unit #
• Lien Waivers and Materialmen Listings
• Other Owner required documentation
• Contract SOV audit on a unit/floorplan level for Interior Renovations
• Validate correct cash account and posts the payable in Yardi Construction Module
• Review and manage Weekly Invoice Status Report available on Power BI platform.
• Review National Accounts contract weekly verifying against UCB
• Match & track deliveries; corresponding with CSG on-site team on location and packages delivered
• Prepare monthly reconciliations of National Vendor accounts by verifying the consolidated bill agrees to actual invoice submissions and Lien Waivers into Payment Operations Accounting.
• Verify open payables in Yardi – Work with properties to distinguish Operations or Construction
• Daily facilitation of payment status with CSG team and vendors.
• Must have the ability to communicate with vendors/contractors regarding billing discrepancies, duplicate shipments, processing updates, payment verification/timing.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or related field (or equivalent work plus education)
• Construction accounting background a plus